Lancaster vs Long Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lancaster and Long Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Lancaster and Long Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Long Beach has the higher population (458,491 vs 170,013 in Lancaster). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $76,083 in Lancaster). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($762,200 vs $409,100 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Long Beach
Population	170,013	458,491
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$83,969
Median home value	$409,100	$762,200
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,803
Housing units	55,045	181,469
Homeownership rate	58.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Long Beach
Population	159,028 → 170,013 (+6.9%)	466,776 → 458,491 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$55,237 → $76,083 (+37.7%)	$63,017 → $83,969 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $409,100 (+56.5%)	$556,100 → $762,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,696 (+39.6%)	$1,324 → $1,803 (+36.2%)

Lancaster

Population

159,028170,013

Median household income

$55,237$76,083

Median home value

$261,400$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,696

Long Beach

Population

466,776458,491

Median household income

$63,017$83,969

Median home value

$556,100$762,200

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Long Beach
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	27.2%
Black or African American	21.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Long Beach
No high school diploma	18.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Long Beach
Drove alone	74.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.6%
Public transit	1.3%	3.9%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	70.3%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	21.8%
20 or more units	8.0%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Long Beach
Poverty rate	15.5%	15.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1986	1958